Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
There is nothing quite so permanent as a quick fix.
Anonymous
It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than 10 functions on 10 data structures.
Alan J. Perlis
To most Java developers, Ruby/Rails is like a mistress. Ruby/Rails is young, new, and exciting; but eventually we go back to old faithful, dependable, and employable Java with some new tricks and idioms and we are the better programmer for it.
Juixe TechKnow
Debuggers don't remove bugs. They only show them in slow motion.
Anonymous
The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.
Larry Wall
Programming is an unnatural act.
Alan J. Perlis
Confidence, n.: The feeling you have before you understand the situation.
Anonymous
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
Alan J. Perlis
C++ has its place in the history of programming languages. Just as Caligula has his place in the history of the Roman Empire.
Robert Firth
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
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